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Delle rime, et prose di Gabriele Zinano. Parte prima.

In Reggio: Appresso Hercoliano Bartholi [Ercoliano Bartoli], [1591]. First collected edition of these works, first part only. In contemporary Italian limp vellum. Complete. Coat of arms of a baron from Guastalla on front pastedown, a draft of the same image on rear pastedown, his name, crossed out, and place on the title page in ink by a contemporary hand. Binding dusted. Front pastedown somewhat damaged. Label with shelfmark on spine. Few signs and notes in ink in Il Caride. Title page of L'amante secondo stained. Wormholes at the gutter, shown more at the front and the end. Light stain at the lower edge appears in various parts of the volume. Overall in very good condition.

Extremely scarce collection of the majority of Zinani’s literary works.

Gabriele Zinani (1557–1635) was an Italian author of dialogues, treaties, heroic poems and dramas. He is regarded as a Marinist poet, writing in an ornate, witty style, like his contemporary, Giambattista Marino.